MPH/MBA

The School of Management and the School of Public Health and
Health Professions at the University at Buffalo offer a
collaborative program leading to both a Master of
Business Administration (MBA) and a Master of Public Health (MPH)
degree (Health Services Administration concentration only).

Its purpose is to facilitate an integrated course of study that
prepares students for high-level management careers in health care
organizations and agencies. The program involves three years of
study, with a total of 97 credit hours. The time required will be
one semester to one year less than would be required to pursue the
degrees separately.

Students will apply to both programs at the same time, although
on each application they will indicate that they are applying to
the other and that they intend to pursue the collaborative program.
Administrators of the two programs will coordinate their reviews of
the applications and will make every effort to respond to the
applicant at the same time regarding the decision of their
application. Each school will apply the same admissions
requirements and standards that prevail for its other
applicants. The School of Management will accept either the
GMAT or GRE and SPHHP requires the GRE.

*The School of Management Practicum will satisfy the requirement
of the MPH Program for a field experience. The
school will make its resources available to help place
students in appropriate venues, and it will provide academic
oversight of the students’ activities and deliverables. SPHHP
will collaborate with the school in identifying and
evaluating appropriate venues for these experiences and in
developing appropriate criteria for assessing student work.

Note: SPHHP electives include the following (others may be
added):

EEH 536 Management for Public Health Professionals

EEH 539 Intro to Health Economics (also MGH 633)

EEH 540 Epidemiology and Health Policy (also MGH 634)

EEH 632 Strategic and Operations Management (also MGH 632)

GMAT and GRE

All MBA applicants are required to take the Graduate Management
Admissions Test (GMAT) or the GRE but the MPH admissions committee
requires the GRE so we recommend the GRE to avoid having to take
both exams. Applicants should review admissions
requirements.

Click here for MPH combined degree requirements.
Please note that the MPH admission requirements include the
Graduate Record Examination (GRE).